posted by Jay on July 30th, 2009
Interesting to see that the AFP (Associated Foreign Press and NOT Armed Forces of the Philippines!) is now taking notice of cosplay by posting a vid of the recently concluded ChinaJoy Cosplay Championship in China.
You can view the vid here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJmT6timAGc
Too bad that embedding of the vid is disabled, though. 
Via AFP’s channel on YouTube:
Teams of teenagers and men and women in their early 20s dress up as Asian popular culture manga characters and act out fantasy role playing games at China’s annual Cosplay championship
You can see pics of the babes at ChinaJoy on this Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaoj/
Just a short warning before clicking that link: the babes are drool-worthy! LOLz 
posted by Jay on July 28th, 2009
Come in your best Japanese/Korean School Uniform and Jam with us as D2R and Heartburn Productions bring you:
OTAKU HOMECOMING… A Seifuku Themed Jrock Event!
August 2, 2009 (Sunday)
5PM onwards
RJTV Bar Makati
Witness Cosplay, Photo and Grafitti Art Exhibits and Jrock Performances in one COOL event!
With performances by:
Do Ahou
Rotschreck
Ethereal Anthem
Asian Chicken Fest
Onigiri Infusion
Molded Sushi
Varna
Ikuzo Iwa
Photo and Grafitti Art Exhibits by:
melancholy
z3ll
homer
Source: minireia.multiply.com
posted by Jay on July 27th, 2009
Count on me to always be late for an event. Gomen! ^^;
The J-Pop Anime Singing Competition at Market! Market! last Saturday, July 25, started at 2pm but I came at around 4pm already, which meant that I missed all the contestants’ performances. T___T
Being late all the time probably means I’ll never make it in Japan, since the Japanese consider punctuality very important.
Anyway, its a good thing that I was still able to catch Sitti’s performance during the intermission. ^_^
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posted by Jay on July 23rd, 2009
| July 25, 2009 |
| 10:00 am | to | 6:00 pm |
PNU NAMI presents TANABATA FESTIVAL:HOSHI MATSURI
Date:July 25,2009
Time:10:00am-6:00pm
Venue:Philippine Normal University gymnasium, located in the Culture and Sports building
Activities:
tanabata ritual
individual cosplay competition
karaoke singing contest
bands
OTAKULITAN TOURNAMENT
FAMILY FEUD
and many more!
FOR COSPLAY, KARAOKE,OTAKULITAN AND FAMILY FEUD GUIDELINES please visit http://pnunamievent.multiply.com/
ticket price: P70 (for non PNUans)
Source: PNU-NAMI via ishihartmidnight.multiply.com
posted by Jay on July 22nd, 2009
All I can say is, “its about time!”.
Via ANN:
This year’s 34th issue of Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine will announce next Wednesday that an Inuyasha Kanketsu-hen (Inuyasha Final Chapter) television adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s manga has been green-lit. The anime will broadcast on Japan’s YTV this fall and cover the story in volumes 36 to 56 of the manga — the final 21 compiled book volumes. The original staff and cast will reunite for the new anime adaptation.
Shonen Sunday had promised earlier this month that it will be including a special news announcement about Inuyasha in issue #34. Takahashi had ended the Inuyasha manga in the same magazine last June. She has been serializing a new manga called RIN-NE (Kyōkai no Rinne) in the magazine as well as on TheRumicWorld.com website for North America readers since April 22. Viz Media has been releasing the Inuyasha manga in North America, and it has also released the original 2000-2004 television anime adaptation.
